PLATE XV.
( O R D E R — C O L B O P T E R A . DI V I S I O N—P S E U D O T E T R A M E R A . SM-PAMILY—BRENTHIDES. WESTW.)
F I G U R E 1.
ARRHENODES XIPHIAS. WESTW.
Arrheiiocles fuscus, obacuriis, luteo-squamosus, rosti'o, ante insertionem antennarum iitrinque seiTato, elytris
profunde striato-i)uuctatis, coucoloribus, cruce Sti Anclrece obscure rufa in medio pictis.
Ari'lienodes of an obsciu-e brown colour, witli minute luteons scales ; the rostrum in front of tlie antenniB on each
side ai-med mt h 5 conical teeth (the basal ones smallest), the disc of the pro-thorax mt h several very obscure black
patches, the elytra deeply striato-punctate, concolorous, marked in the middle with an obscure red St, Andrew's
cross.
Length of the Insect, including the rostrum, 13 hues.
Inhabits Prince of Wales' Island. Dr. Canton. In the Collection of the Rev. F, W. Hope.
OBSEKVATIONS. — T h i s species appears to be aUied to the Javanese Arrhenodes serrirostris of Lund,
(Brentus cinnamomeus, Herbst. Col. T, 107, f. 1 Sch. Ciu-c. 1, p. 3S7), but differs at once in its obsciu-e
dull brown colour.
F I G U R E 2.
TERAMOCERUS ERYTHRODERES. CHEVR. Sch : Cure. Tom. v. p 564.
Teramocerus angustus, ater, opacus, capite angnstiore, erebre punctato, rostro basi bi-canaUculato ; thorace
oblongo sanguineo, dorso minus profimde sulcato ; elytris medioeriter sub-remote striato-punctatis, juxta sntm-am
bistriatis.
Teramocerus narrow, black, opaque, with the head narrow, delicately pimctm-ed, the base of the rostrum with two
channels, the thorax oblong, sanguineous, the back moderately grooved, the elyti-a moderately and rather remotely
striato-pimctate, with two strias next the suture.
Length of the male (figured) including the rostnmi, 13 lines.
Inhabits the Philippine Islands, (D. Cuming). In the Collection of the British Museum, Captam Parry, &e.
OBSEBVATIONS.—The male here figau-ed is distinguished from the female by the insertion of the
longer antenna; near the tip of the rostrum and by the extremity of the elytra being truncated and
armed at the outer angles with two short spines; the female is much smaller, with the antenna;
uiserted in the middle of the rostrum, (fig *) ^vith the extremity of the elytra rounded and obsoletely
bispinose.
F I G U R E 3.
DIURIS FORCIPATUS. WESTW.
Diuris obscure fuscus granulosus, rostro valde elongato antennai-um ai'ticulis 7 et 8 albis, pro-thorace elongatoeomco
utnuque vitta laterali albo-squamosa ; elytris elongatis, subcostatis, spatiis inter costas medias albo squamosis,
apice smguli in caudam graeiUimam rectam fere corporis lougitudine producto.
Diuris obscure brown, gi-anulose, the rostrum very much elongated, with the 7th and 8th jouits of the antennse
white, the prothorax elongate-conic mai'ked on each side with a line of whitish scales, the elytra elongate, brown, with
longitudmal raised striio, the spaces between the three or four next the sutm-e clothed with whitish scales, also with
several obscure oblong patches in pairs down the back ; the exti'emity of each produced into a very slender straight
t.aU nearly as long as tho body.
Length of the Insect, including the rostrum and tails, 30 hues.
Inh,abits Peuang. In tho Collection of A. Melly, Esq.